These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

A previously unknown early medieval settlement has been unearthed in Suffolk during preparatory work for an offshore wind ...

From ancient Rome to medieval Spain to Renaissance Venice, generations of mariners have relied on biscotti as a source of ...

Modern social science finds that the 13th-century theologian’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect.

David Lowery's excellent and underrated The Green Knight (which is a stealth Christmas movie) is now streaming for free on ...

A rare medieval box that once contained the heart of an abbot who died in 1291 has gone on display. The Heart Case of Roger ...

In authors such as Bazterrica, Colanzi, Damián Miravete, and Fraga Lo Curto—belonging to a strange Latin American ...

A coin minted during the reign of one of Great Britain’s most famous monarchs recently fetched a record price at auction. The ...

Today in “Please Be A.I.,” Liam Neeson narrated an anti-vaccination documentary called ‌ Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of ...

When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th ...

For centuries, some of Europe’s most shocking killings survived only as whispers in parchment and bone, their victims reduced to nameless skulls and half-told chronicles. Now, a new generation of ...

Given all the benefits of walkability, we've rounded up the most beautiful walkable cities in the world (and a few in the U.S ...